5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

1. List ways in which you are involved in promoting technology and increasing your own professional growth and leadership. This could be through involvement in professional organizations, grade level groups, professional training you provide, professional learning communities, global communities you are involved in via the web such as nings, blogs, diigo groups, or other educator networks, a school network, district committee work, sharing with school leaders, etc.
I am involved in HEA at school and I am part of the Wilson College Diigo group.
I am also part of the district science curriculum writing group.

1a. List at least 2 ways you can better improve your professional practice of modeling lifelong learning and leading the way for promoting and demonstrating effective use of digital tools and resources
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-One way I can improve is to share with my collegues the different digital tools and resources that I've learned in this class at a faculty meeting or other building meeting.
-I can also join an educator network to learn more information.

2. List resources that can help you grow in this area.
Education networks on the Internet
Other graduate classes I may take

Write your response in 1a in the form of an action plan statement that you will then transfer to your action plan page.
To improve in engaging in professional growth and leadership, I can share the different digital tools and resources that I've learned from the current graduate class I'm taking my my collegues at a faculty meeting or other meeting. I can also join educator networks to learn more.